The Master Builder
From: Friday, 12th November 2010
To: Saturday, 8 January 2011
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Synopsis
Master Builder Solness, is locked in a loveless marriage and is terrified that the young rising generation will come knocking at the door. When the beautiful and mysterious Hilde Wangel comes to 'claim her kingdom' love and catastrophe loom.
Our Review:
19 November 2010
Halvard Solness, Ibsen’s Master Builder, is both made and unmade by heights. A selfish manipulator of both employees and rivals, he eases his conscience by convincing himself that he is being manipulated by God. Conquering vertigo to climb a tower he has built is his way of breaking out from this control. But the next time he climbs one will be his undoing.
In Vicki Mortimer’s spare but arresting design for American director Travis Preston at the Almeida, the office of Solness’ provincial practice has become a dungeon-like pit. The floor is strewn with earth and sawdust, and inner rooms are at a lower level than the front of the stage, in a kind of reverse rake that means we can only see the upper half of the characters. The tower has become a long staircase crossing the back wall, to be ascended or descended in slow motion.
The ever-watchable Stephen Dillane is smooth but brittle in the title role, with flashes of fury that hint at ruthlessness ...
Latest User Review
Paul Wallis - 23 December 2010:
Style over substance or at least attempted style. Didn't like the set at all, the acting was good but it just didn't work for me :-(...
Cast
Stephen Dillane (Harvard Solness)
Gemma Arterton (Hilda Wangel)
Patrick Godfrey (Knut Brovik)
Emma Hamilton (Kaja Fosli)
Anastasia Hille (Aline Solness)
John Light (Ragnar Brovik)
Jack Shepherd (Doctor Herdal)
Creative
Henrik Ibsen (Author)
Coutts & Co (Corporate Sponsor)
Almeida Theatre (Producer)
Kenneth McLeish (Translation)
Travis Preston (Director)
Vicki Mortimer (Design)
Paul Pyant (Lighting)
John Leonard (Sound)
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